Anytime you start a new program, whether it be a fitness and nutrition plan, a mindset program, mindfulness, stress management, or a complete reset, it is important to start by setting yourself up for success. All too often, when starting a new program, my clients want all the results all at once, and they want …
When it comes to feeling good and regaining your health, self-care is one of the most important things we can do for ourselves. I am sure you are thinking, “Yeah right…I barely have the energy to shower in the morning, let alone focus on self-care practices…” I get it. Please keep reading. Prior to my …
Connecting to Self-Care, when your previous self-care practices are out of reach Read More »
I truly consider myself to be abundantly blessed. One of those blessings is that my office ended up inside a building where my lovely massage therapist has her office. We met as we were both moving into our offices at the same time. I am a huge fan of pampering with massages. Yet somehow life …
Knowing that I was suffering a serious adverse effect of a medication, I was bound and determined to figure out the biochemical reasoning behind the adverse effect as well as figuring out how to reverse it. I searched for “treating Cipro toxicity”, “reversing side effects of Cipro”, “mechanism of action of Cipro induced tendonitis”, and …
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As I struggled with the side effects that the ciprofloxacin had caused, I also struggled with how to navigate through the hours of my days. There were a few things I needed to do for sure. First, I needed to get out of bed and get ready for the day. It took a lot of …
Last summer started out amazingly. I took all four of my children out West to explore Utah and visit college campuses. During that trip, we had the opportunity to go to Moab, Utah and to various National Parks within that area. We did a lot of climbing mountains, racing from one natural phenomenon to another, …
Some of you may have noticed a drought in my blogs over the past year. The drought began last summer when I was affected by a rare adverse effect of an antibiotic that I took. It changed my life tremendously. My recovery has consumed much of my energy, along with doing whatever I need to …
Do you ever find yourself apologizing for feeling the way you feel? Or for expressing your sadness? For crying? I meet with women often, who have come to me to help them either cope with their stress so they can live with peace; help manage their hormones so they can live with balance; or help …
I am shocked and deeply saddened by the large number of men and women I meet that do not feel worthy of even their own self-love. Somewhere along the way, someone told them that they were less than they are. Someone told them that they were not good enough, not thin enough, not smart enough, …
As the end of the year approaches, many people find themselves stressed. It is a time of closing out the year that just passed, and gearing up for what lies ahead. While this can be an exciting time of changes, it can also prove to be quite stressful, as you move through the holidays, plan …
